Ecclesiastes 11

New International Version

Invest in Many Ventures

11 Ship^(A) your grain across the sea;
after many days you may receive a return.^(B)
²Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight;
you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

³If clouds are full of water,
    they pour rain on the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
    in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
⁴Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
    whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

⁵As you do not know the path of the wind,^(C)
or how the body is formed^[a] in a mother’s womb,^(D)
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things.

⁶Sow your seed in the morning,
    and at evening let your hands not be idle,^(E)
for you do not know which will succeed,
    whether this or that,
    or whether both will do equally well.

Remember Your Creator While Young

⁷Light is sweet,
    and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.^(F)
⁸However many years anyone may live,
    let them enjoy them all.
But let them remember^(G) the days of darkness,
    for there will be many.
    Everything to come is meaningless.

⁹You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.^(H)
¹⁰So then, banish anxiety^(I) from your heart
    and cast off the troubles of your body,
    for youth and vigor are meaningless.^(J)

Notas al pie

Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed

Romans 10

New International Version

10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire^(A) and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. ²For I can testify about them that they are zealous^(B) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. ³Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.^(C) ⁴Christ is the culmination of the law^(D) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.^(E)

⁵Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”^[a]^(F) ⁶But the righteousness that is by faith^(G) says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”^[b]^(H) (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷“or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”^[c]^(I) (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).^(J) ⁸But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”^[d]^(K) that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: ⁹If you declare^(L) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”^(M) and believe^(N) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,^(O) you will be saved.^(P) ¹⁰For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. ¹¹As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”^[e]^(Q) ¹²For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile^(R)—the same Lord is Lord of all^(S) and richly blesses all who call on him, ¹³for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord^(T) will be saved.”^[f]^(U)

¹⁴How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? ¹⁵And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”^[g]^(V)

¹⁶But not all the Israelites accepted the good news.^(W) For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”^[h]^(X) ¹⁷Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message,^(Y) and the message is heard through the word about Christ.^(Z) ¹⁸But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:

“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”^[i]^(AA)

¹⁹Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,

“I will make you envious^(AB) by those who are not a nation;
I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”^[j]^(AC)

²⁰And Isaiah boldly says,

“I was found by those who did not seek me;
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”^[k]^(AD)

²¹But concerning Israel he says,

“All day long I have held out my hands
to a disobedient and obstinate people.”^[l]^(AE)

Notas al pie

Romans 10:5 Lev. 18:5
Romans 10:6 Deut. 30:12
Romans 10:7 Deut. 30:13
Romans 10:8 Deut. 30:14
Romans 10:11 Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)
Romans 10:13 Joel 2:32
Romans 10:15 Isaiah 52:7
Romans 10:16 Isaiah 53:1
Romans 10:18 Psalm 19:4
Romans 10:19 Deut. 32:21
Romans 10:20 Isaiah 65:1
Romans 10:21 Isaiah 65:2

Psalm 125

New International Version

Psalm 125

A song of ascents.

¹Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,^(A)
    which cannot be shaken^(B) but endures forever.
²As the mountains surround Jerusalem,^(C)
    so the Lord surrounds^(D) his people
    both now and forevermore.

³The scepter^(E) of the wicked will not remain^(F)
over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
their hands to do evil.^(G)

⁴Lord, do good^(H) to those who are good,
to those who are upright in heart.^(I)
⁵But those who turn^(J) to crooked ways^(K)
the Lord will banish^(L) with the evildoers.